LOT 3264
Faustina II AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 14 of Antoninus Pius (AD 150/151).
ΦAVCTINA CЄB CЄB ЄVCЄB ΘVΓ, draped bust to right, hair tied up in a bun / Griffin, as Nemesis, seated to right with left forepaw on wheel; [I]Δ (date) to left, L in exergue. RPC IV.4, 1302; Dattari (Savio) 3317; K&G 38.62; Emmett 1986.14 (R2). Good Fine.(20.52gr, 34mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. Struck AD 241-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ K-OΛ CINΓA[PA], Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 24.99gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Tiberius AE 19mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
TI AVG, bare head to right / Two priests ploughing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 1657; BMC 89. 5.51gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 29mm of Serdica,Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AVT K M AVPH CEVH ANTΩNEINOC(?), laureate head to right / OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Hades-Serapis seated to left, holding patera and sceptre; Cerberus at feet to left. Cf. Varbanov 2316. 16.15gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
